Historical Background: Rise of Hitler

Germany’s defeat in World War I produced fertile ground for a Nationalistic movement.

Germany did not lose World War I in a decisive military defeat. They saw the writing on the wall and opted for an armistice – which became the Treaty of Versailles.

Absolutely nobody was happy with it. The French and British, who had done a great deal of the fighting and bleeding, felt that Germany got off too easily. On the other hand, Germany felt unjustly penalized.

Defeat in World War I left Germany desperate and on the brink of collapse. One of the stipulations was that Germany had to pay $23 billion in war reparations. This was a fraction of the actual damage, which totaled more than $200 billion. But considering that Germany was $100 billion in debt at the end of the war, this was an impossible demand.

It broke the German economy. Germany went into hyper-inflation, unemployment soared out of control, and chaos broke out with rival factions fighting in the streets.

The political situation in Germany was extremely unstable. The writings of Trotsky and Lenin reveal the efforts that “communist international” was putting into Germany. Everyone was sure that Germany was the next country to go communist.

In this climate, small nationalist parties started to spring up. All of them had similar agendas: to restore law and order, at all costs.

These parties also claimed that the only reason Germany lost World War I was because the soldiers on the front lines were sabotaged by sinister forces with German society. Who were those allegedly traitorous forces? The Jews.

Rise of the Nazis

One of the parties that began to gain popularity and strength would become the German National Socialist Party (which was neither particularly Nationalist nor Socialist). Hitler joined and galvanized the party around a grandiose idea – to conquer Munich, then go for the rest of Germany. Their aim was to get Germany back to its "true" values and traditions.

The "Beer Hall Putsch" was their attempted coup of Munich; it failed, leaving 16 Nazis and three German policemen dead. As a result, Hitler was arrested for high treason. He was given a light sentence of five years, and spent only nine months in prison.

During this time he wrote the famous Mein Kampf ("My Struggle"), his manifesto of plans for global domination and conquest. The book outlined his fanatical hatred for the Jews. It was a runaway best-seller in Germany, and made Hitler a millionaire.

Upon his release from prison, Hitler revitalized the Nazi party.

In German politics, the Nazis never had a majority in the government. During the 1920s, they garnered 2-3% of the vote. Then in 1929, history intervened with economic turmoil of the Great Depression. The situation in Germany went from bad to horrible. The country devolved into complete chaos, with food riots and pitched battles in the streets every night. Hitler’s twisted promises offered Germans a solution to their despair.

Although the 1932 elections made the Nazi party the largest in Germany, no single party actually won a majority and none could form a government. Paul von Hindenburg was the president of Germany, a World War I general whom everyone loved. But he was getting old and a bit senile.

Under his special powers, the president could dissolve the parliament and appoint a chancellor. The chancellor’s job was to prepare Germany for a new election. The military, the industrialists and others pressured Von Hindenburg into a special deal – to appoint Hitler.

The plan was to forge some kind of cooperative coalition. But as soon as Hitler got into office, it became clear that he was not about to listen to anyone.

Consolidating Power

Within six months of appointing Hitler as chancellor, Von Hindenburg died. Hitler assumed the role of president and gained control of the army. He decreed the Nazis as the only legal party in Germany. And he achieved all this completely legally through the system.

Hitler immediately set out to do as promised: He got Germany back on its feet economically, and got the nations of the world to absolve all debt from World War I. Hitler threw the country into producing weapons, which gained him the approval and loyalty of three main factions: the military, the industrialists, and the common people who were relieved from mass unemployment.

Most of all, the Nazi promise to restore Germany's honor and glory struck a powerful chord.

All of Germany was behind Hitler now. In huge rallies, he captured the public’s minds and imaginations. He became the "Fuhrer," the unchallenged supreme authority in Germany.

The Supreme Court declared allegiance to Hitler personally, not to Germany. Whoever opposed this policy was an immediate candidate for the first concentration camp, Dachau, located just outside Munich where dissidents could get a bit of “re-education.”

As the supreme power in Germany, Adolf Hitler began molding it to his will.

Excellent research but to today's ignorant young people, please make it obvious that there were 2 world wars and Hitler slyly got his foot in the door during the first.

re: Marasd: it was 20 million Jews and it was during the second World War! A survey taken amongst COLLEGE students reflected their stance that, although they didn't AGREE with what Hitler did during WW 2, these same students just couldn't bring themselves to label him as EVIL. Hitler sold his wares beginning with German people's wounded pride after their bitter defeat and smooth talked them all the way into eventually herding innocent Jewish children, women and men into cattle trucks and stuffy, over crowded trains en route to the death camps. Seventy years plus later, people are dead, some deceived into ignoring irrefutable evidence that the Holocaust DID happen and choosing to believe what they wanted to believe all along. But, God will not be deceived and History will stand. Holacaust happened and can happen again! Watch out, friends and neighbors and protect all of ourselves. Educate yourselves and subscribe to Aish.com; it's free and accurate!

ThatGuy,
May 2, 2014 1:55 PM

ThatGuyFromHistoryChannel

11 million died, approximately 6 million Jews and 5 million others including Roma (Gypsies), Poles, Russian prisoners of war, Jehovah's Witnesses and other religious groups, political prisoners, male homosexuals and various other minorities.

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marasd,
July 1, 2011 9:37 AM

absolute justice

Germany got served justice it is what they deserve after they tortured and killed 6 million jews.

Perri,
February 2, 2012 11:01 PM

no, this was BEFORE world war II. becasue of this, they ended up torturing and killing not just six million jews, but it isn't right for you to forget about the other 6 million people of various backgrounds, either. Their loss is just as unfortunate. Effectively, World War II and the holocaust may have not happened if not for the treatment of ermany in regards to the Traty of Versailles.

naia,
January 15, 2015 5:29 PM

he also killed more than 12million people just so he can rule germany, and not only germany he wanted to rule the european nations too so there u have it hitler was a bad man but he did save germany from the great depression and the stock market crash so he wasn`t so or should i say super bad at all but then again he was hitler/nazi`s are apart of our history so really we jews cant deny it he was here and in our history he will stay. ;(

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Shaun,
August 17, 2010 9:08 PM

Good, Concise Information

Great piece. Many people did and still do associate the first communist movements with Judaism. As Karl Marx was Jewish, it was generalized that all Jews believed in communism. Thus, if they didn't like communism, they thought they should not like the Jews. This was or is prevalent in former areas of the USSR (Ukraine, Moldova, Southern Russia) where the "Red Terror" imprisoned and executed civilians during the Bolshevik revolution. Unfortunately many of the families of these victims associated the communist movement with Judaism and became anti-semitic. We must continue to help educate gentiles of what Judaism really is so they have their facts straight.

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NAQEEB,
January 12, 2010 6:22 PM

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IT WAS COOL

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January 11, 2010 9:22 PM

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ashley,
January 23, 2009 11:57 AM

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Tasleem Arif,
August 21, 2008 12:43 PM

The historic and heroic struggle of the Jews

The holocaust Studies awakens one to the historical and heroic struggle conducted by the Jews to survive one of their worst national disasters. The existence of the whole nation was placed under jeopardy: their freedom was arrested, their religion stigmatised, their economy destroyed, their life and reputation injured beyond reparation and their education disrupted. Despite all these limitations and disabilities imposed upon them, they survived and demonstrated to the gaze of the world a unique character of tolerance and perseverance and revival.
The national history of the Jews contains accounts of many disasters imposed upon them by their adversaries, but it is equally true that the character of tolerance, persistence and revival has been unusually strong in them.

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charlotte beebe,
November 21, 2007 8:29 PM

excellent information

keep letting the world know that what happened to the Jews could happen to any group. The devil doesn't care who it targets. He just wants to cause pain. and a lot of it

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ekow,
October 31, 2007 9:11 AM

i was reading the historical background of the holocust.I want to continue following up the story....

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martins,
October 30, 2007 8:39 AM

i was so sadened when i learnt about the holocaust

what was the accusation leveled against the jews that made them to suffered a great ordeal in the hands of the Germans. whatever it might be, i think Hitler was misled by some veiled people. that is to say hitler was instigated by the jewish enemies.

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Raju Suppiah,
October 26, 2007 9:35 AM

For knowledge and understanding

The history of holocaust intrests me.

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Anonymous,
July 12, 2007 4:20 AM

it is so informative and interesting

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Anonymous,
May 1, 2007 1:02 PM

i was so sad about the videos my teacher sowed about the survivers...

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Anonymous,
February 13, 2007 8:47 PM

Why

How did we not know what was going on at the time.I mean yes if a person escaped and went back home they would tell everybody that it was all good and happy. But that is not ture, so my question to you is why did we not now what was going on. When they kept moving you should of have all the military in all the parts that we were firends with to help stop this mad anger to the world. Now many people have to live with the fact they survied, and it is a good thing, but it also might be very had for them to live. All they remember is the life that they had in the Holocaust.

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danielle,
December 8, 2005 12:00 AM

Well i have to do a six page essay on the Hitler war against the Jewish people and the more i research i start to understand a bit more about how badly they suffered and how to this day they still have to put up with the hatred and racsism..i know what that feels like beacause i am half black...it isn't right and something has to be done to stop it but i doubt that i will ever happen...your website was a big help with my essay

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Matthew, England 13/6/05,
June 13, 2005 12:00 AM

Rememberance should be essential

I'm studying Judaism for my A2 level and have found story of the Holocaust to be truly unhuman. A crime of ultimate guilt dealt out to a collective faith of beauty and wonder. I'm gutted that i have found this site one day before my exams but...it has taught me much. The lesson should always be world historical, guilt lies in all corners of the world.

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caroline,
February 28, 2005 12:00 AM

you have a very good website and when I use this site I find everything I need!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Alyssa,
February 3, 2005 12:00 AM

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I was having a lot of trouble finding a good website for my project at school and this helped me alot! Thank you!

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hannah,
January 22, 2005 12:00 AM

this is great it has helped me so much with my history project at school

thank you so much this website has helped me a grat deal with my history project on the nazis, thank you gain i will recommed this site to my friends at school.

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ERIKA CAMPOS,
July 5, 2004 12:00 AM

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THIS IS SO HELPFUL. THIS STORIES ARE SO INCREDIDLE, I LOVE ALL THE STORIES. THIS I IS PRICELESS

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Gerald Dore,
June 22, 2004 12:00 AM

we need to teach and rember

It is a shame that this it not taught any more i see it happining again history will repeat it self again.

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Dan,
July 27, 2003 12:00 AM

Repeated history?

There are a plenty of resemblances between the Germany of the 1930s and nowadays Romania. Despite the fact that the Jewish community is extremely small in the Romanian Society, they are blamed for everything bad there.

There is not a difference between the comments on the forum sections of Romanian journals and typical Nazi propaganda.

Thank God I immigrated to Canada.

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Arnost (Ernest) Lauer,
June 13, 2003 12:00 AM

One of the mostly needed use of the technology.

I am one of the 1919 Moravia Jewish generation, growing later amon the Germans in the Sudeten and as volunteer in the Czech Exile Army in Poland, Soviet Union, Middle East, etc. survived as only member of my family the Shoa. The value of the way of our history re-counting and the way of their publications is priceless.

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Sergio,
January 23, 2003 12:00 AM

Thank you

Many thanks for your work dedicated to the Holocaust memory.

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Randi Marie,
January 9, 2003 12:00 AM

This is very infromational.

I have a friend, I will not disclose his name because he still suffers a pain that is great and would not like it if I did disclose. He is Jewish. He says, "It is the worst hell of my life, waking up every morning and knowing those numbers." He has great aunts and uncles, and his grandparents that were part of the concentration cammps. Most of the stuff on this page is extremely infromational. Thank you

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Anonymous,
January 2, 2003 12:00 AM

Thank you!

Thank you. The short articles will be very helpful in exploring the Holocaust with my 8th grade students. Your site will be part of their homework.

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Sarah,
December 25, 2002 12:00 AM

Wonderful

It's such a wonderful and touching sight. I feel so happy to know the honour these people upheld is recognized. My own family went through this horrible event, and very few of us came out. I am so glad that the sacrifice they gave to G-d is noticed and that they are given the honour they deserve, the honour they died for to uphold. Thank you. You have done a great kindness to their souls, my soul, and all the children and grandchildren of these brave people, as well as the survivours themselves. Once again thank you from the depths of my soul.

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hayley,
November 29, 2002 12:00 AM

Very helpful in school project! now reading Anne Frank

im inspired! very intresting many thanks

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Jaylen,
November 22, 2002 12:00 AM

I loved your page. It has helped me so much on my report. I had no idea that jews were sooo mistreated.

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Hannah,
November 15, 2002 12:00 AM

Wow, it's incredible what happened. I'm reading Night for my honors English class right now which got me interested in this stuff and so I'm doing some research on the holocaust on my own. So far this site is really helpful. It makes me so angry to read about the things that happened under Hitler.

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Anonymous,
November 11, 2002 12:00 AM

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Ana,
November 7, 2002 12:00 AM

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Anonymous,
November 6, 2002 12:00 AM

helpful

The website has helped me greatly with Hitlar and the Holocaust. I love to learn all about it and about Anne Frank.

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Anonymous,
November 2, 2002 12:00 AM

This is extremely helpful information

I teach 11th and 12th grade English in Mississippi, which does not have a large Jewish population. I decided to teach a unit on Holocaust literature and needed background information for my unit. Thanks for such a well- organized website!

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karina,
October 30, 2002 12:00 AM

I look at a lot of sites about the holocaust. Your site has been helpful. You also have a very good site. Thank you for your information.
karina

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Keneth Donaldson,
October 29, 2002 12:00 AM

I think this website is a brilliant way to tell the millions out there of what realy happned.

I am doing a prodject on the holocaust at scool and i have done this for my corse work. The holocaust is the most visious and most dicriminating, predudis incident in the history of the world.

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sam,
October 23, 2002 12:00 AM

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Gaby,
October 22, 2002 12:00 AM

GOD BLESS!!!

THANKS FOR DISPLAYING THIS INFORMATION IN THIS SITE. IT IS EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE. AND I APPRECIATE THAT. IAM LOOKING FOWARD TO GET ANSWERS TO ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE TOWARDS THIS TRAGIC EVENT.

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Rachael,
October 20, 2002 12:00 AM

I appriciate your site...

I would like to say how much I appreciate you having a site like this. I am a 17 year old high school student and I am involved in a play aboutthe holocaust. I have been trying very hard to research thetime period and the things that happened to better get into character and to use in our lobby so that others may somewhat grasp what happened to all those people so long ago. I wanted to thank you because your site has taught me more then any other site I have looked at. For that I am grateful.

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Kelly,
October 20, 2002 12:00 AM

This website really made me think about the horror of the Holocaust!

I am doing a research paper on the Holocaust. My grandfather fought as an American allie. i was raised to believe that all races are equal and even though I am a Christian and not a Jew I still respect their belief because we all are serving the same True God and I hope one day that everyone will realize the importance of unity as a nation under God not a seperated country of injustice towards others who arent the same race or religion as we are.

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rachel bride,
October 18, 2002 12:00 AM

great website!

thank u soooooooo much u really helped me out with my religion project. this is a fantastic website

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Cassie,Julie& Marvin,
October 16, 2002 12:00 AM

We are studing in school.

Hey, i totaly think this is teroble, We are studying in class we are trying ti find infomation of why it has happned.This is a good site to go to. Thanks!

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jackie,
October 15, 2002 12:00 AM

holocaust

We are learning about the holocaust and I really think it's so horrible what they did to people in there. My teacher showed us pictures in a book and one was a picture of all the glasses of the people and there looked like about one billion glasses from just one camp. I just can't believe that there was even people who were there. To all the survivers that are still around today may my heart be with you. You the survivers, are strong. To you the makers of this website I can't thank you enough for this wonderful website I've learned alot more.

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Leena,
October 10, 2002 12:00 AM

thank you

Thank you for a great website. I have read a few books about the holocaust, and let me tell you , it broke my heart and i was crying almost constantly through the whole book (the book was about schindler's list). my heart goes out to all the survivors.
i'm a hindu, and from india. when i was growing up , we did not have anything about the holocaust in our history books, although i knew about it through TV and magazines. i just want to tell you that all people should know about it no matter whatver part of the world they live in because the treachery committed against the jews is not just about jews...it is about human beings and i believe that humans are humans, we all feel pain, hurt, sorrow, boundaries of countries do not change our basic element.
thank you for a great website and the insightful articles.

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Jennifer,
October 8, 2002 12:00 AM

We are studying about the holocaust in school and the pictures we've seen are horrific and we thank you for helping us to find information on it.

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Randy Meyer,
October 8, 2002 12:00 AM

Maus is awesome

I highly recommend a book called Maus. It is a graphic novel by Art Spiegelman. His father survived many things associated with the Holocaust. The book casts Jews as mice, Germans as cats, Polish as pigs, etc. It is not a cute, funny-animal kind of story. It is a well-detailed, insightful exploration of World War II from the point of view of one man/mouse.

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debby,
October 7, 2002 12:00 AM

It's SO important...

Although I am only 23 and not Jewish or have any relatives that died in the holocaust, I've read and seen a lot about the subject. I've been to Theresienstadt in '96 and last year I visited Auschwitz-Birkenau. I think the work you're are doing by hosting this website is SO important; still... In my opinion, youth these days know far to little about the Holocaust and we have to keep bringing it to their attention to make sure nothing like this will ever happen again.....

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Kally Jo,
October 2, 2002 12:00 AM

This is a really good resource web site!

I just read a book called "Torn Thread." It was about the Holocaust, which I think was very horrific. I thank God for saving the 9 million souls that he did. Of course, I am only thirteen. ;-) P.S., My email is fake-I don't really have one.

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Anayai Masters,
September 24, 2002 12:00 AM

I love this site! I am teaching a mini unit on World War II and the significant events surrounding it! I discovered a wealth of information that my students can understand. This site is awesome!
-A.Masters

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chesca,
September 20, 2002 12:00 AM

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September 17, 2002 12:00 AM

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JORDAN,
September 9, 2002 12:00 AM

Fantascic

I am in 6th grade this site helped alot

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cheryl,
September 6, 2002 12:00 AM

this infro is great and eye-opening

this infro needs to get out more to the public. people need to know the truth now more than ever.thanks and g-d bless.

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caleb,
August 30, 2002 12:00 AM

great site

this is a great site for social studies assignments.
I have learned heaps thanks
All the way from New Zealand

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shlomo graber,
August 1, 2002 12:00 AM

http://home.tiscalinet.ch/shlomo

I write a boock "schlajme" from my life in hlocaust

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Gin Koh,
July 21, 2002 12:00 AM

Teaching lesson to remember

Thank you for these information about Holocust.I gained lots of learning from your web-site.
It is not only a horro nightmares to Jews but also to the world.How could the world governments in the 1930 -1945 still so heartless for not stopping such terrible act.
I thought all these while that my country I lived was under Japanese occupation and many of our people suffered under the Japanese occupation.
Not until I started to read much information about Holocust.The Japanese occupation and the torture is nothing much as compare to the Jews has suffered.
Since, then my heart was pour out to the Jews and Israel....And I want to bless and love them because "Salvation comes from Jews". And I strongly believe that we owe our debt to the Jews.
I can imagine the horror these Holocust Jews went through at that time.

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Christian Runkel,
July 6, 2002 12:00 AM

Comments from a 53 year old German

You are fair with us Germans. Thank you for that. Maybe the last reason for the holocaust is somewhere deep in another world. But human guilt remains, my people's guilt. You put it so that guilt might be understood. And maybe not only understood but even forgiven...
Shalom / Peace / Friede be with you!

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Natalia Kraenkel,
June 26, 2002 12:00 AM

Wow.

still to me the holocaust is a very painfful subject, but the more I learn, the more I can only try to sympathize for them. Its a very good site/

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Jack Li,
June 5, 2002 12:00 AM

Thank You for this website..........

This is a good website since it had help me alot on the Holocaust and the events that happened. Thanks alot now i know alot of the Holocaust!

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sweety_pie_07@hotmail.com,
June 2, 2002 12:00 AM

Thanks Guys!

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Latrice Greenwood,
May 30, 2002 12:00 AM

I had 2 do a project on the holocaust. This site was very helpful and i learned alot. Thanks!!!!

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Taylor Hughes,
May 19, 2002 12:00 AM

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I really liked this site it was great for the research project i am working on.Thanx for your help. Sincerely,
Taylor Hughes

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May 19, 2002 12:00 AM

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Anonymous,
May 18, 2002 12:00 AM

Your website was very helpful

I have to do the holocaust as a topic for my history day and your web site was very helpful.

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Lousianna McGrath,
May 17, 2002 12:00 AM

Why did it happen

I dont belive that Germans didnt know about the holocaust, I mean who wouldnt notice that 6 million jews had been extermineted, and God knows how many moved? I feel very distreesed about this fact as I belive history never goes away, and that it repeats itself! Could this happen in Britain, It already has! Except this time it has went 'underground'. I think that racial abuse is the same as what the nazis did to the Jews and anyone else who didnt 'fit in' with thier views. If anyone else feels the same way please email me!!

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Jessica Hargreaves,
May 16, 2002 12:00 AM

i think your website is great. It has really helped me with my history project.

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andrew fish,
May 16, 2002 12:00 AM

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I NEEDED ALL OF THE INFORMATION & IT HELPED ALOT

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Anne Madsen,
May 4, 2002 12:00 AM

Just amazing data.

I think your website is just the greatest piece of evidence of the holocast did happen. To those who don't believe it how can you not????
I've seen the memorial at Nueuegamme forced labor camp and Sachehasuen north of Berlin. Im going to see Theriesenstadt in July.I'm on this mission of understadning the holocast. I found your website in the process. At Sacheshausan spelling wrong but you were shown lists of people and the records that were kept of the them and barracks the ovens.You think it's something you have read about and soemting that not im my lifetime can people do that kind of thing. So keep up the work on making sure we all understand it or try to!!! and to those who have shard they're stories we are all open ears and wanting to know and to show sympahty through learning and earing about it.

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April 30, 2002 12:00 AM

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Anonymous,
April 9, 2002 12:00 AM

Very good website!!!!!!

Your website is outstanding! I personally hate social studies but when i read this i got into it and really was interested about this! In school i read the same info. but didn't remember it because it wasn't nearly as well put as you put it on your website.Thanks you really helped me on my homework!

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April 6, 2002 12:00 AM

you were really helpfull!
i am from israel and doing a project and reserch on the nurenberg laws and had to find some pictures! thank you very much!

when i read about the Nazi and Jews it brought tears to my eyes. How can one man (Adolf Hitler) turn so many Germans into killing machines? It's so tragic to know what happened. I just hope history doesn't repeat itself.

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Julia,
April 3, 2002 12:00 AM

Nice website

I think that this website is very informative about what happened and i recomend it to many people.

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Lisa Jones,
April 2, 2002 12:00 AM

Thisnwebsite is great

I think this is a great website. I am doing a social studies report on the holocaust and the concentration camps.

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Crystal Adams,
April 2, 2002 12:00 AM

It was the most harible thing

I like your story a lot and I am going to do my progect on it . I hop I get an A on it because i went to your wonderful website .

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megan williams,
March 28, 2002 12:00 AM

....

thanx for having this web site for people who care about the holocaust. & i'm doing a report over the concentration camps.

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matt king,
March 28, 2002 12:00 AM

this is the greatest holocaust site

send me more info on the holocaust.

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Vivian Richman,
March 26, 2002 12:00 AM

Finest of all Jewish Websites

This has to be in my opinion, one of the finest Jewish Websites, since I have been online! Keep up with the great work. Finest information on the Holocaust as well!

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PJ Buchanan,
March 24, 2002 12:00 AM

Thanks

Thank you for providing a place such as this for all who want to learn of the horror of the Holocaust.

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Bob Barto,
March 10, 2002 12:00 AM

1948

Many people believe that the rebirth of Jerusalem as a nation in 1948 was prophesied in the Bible. It is amazing to watch Gods hand at work. This is an excellent web site. Keep up the good work. Me and thousands of others in America support Israel especially in her right to protect herself. God Bless.

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mordechai tober,
March 5, 2002 12:00 AM

the site is very intersesting and informative

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Pamm Stadt,
March 5, 2002 12:00 AM

research for "Cabaret" theater production

I am a dramature reseaching the Holocaust for the play "Cabaret" Thank you for this enlightening site. In 1930 Was Nollendorfplatz a place where the Nazi's were 'gathering' the Jews, as in a Jewish ghetto? One of the characters in the play mentions that he is moving there and I'd like to be able to explain the significance of this line, if it is indeed important. Any help on this is greatly appreciated.

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alice lucas,
March 5, 2002 12:00 AM

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Melissa Baum,
March 3, 2002 12:00 AM

I want to do more...

I'm a young Jewish woman and have studied and felt passionately about Jewish life for many years, especially the Holocaust. I did extensive research on the Holocaust in college and attempted to explain to everyone how the 'propaganda machine' got started, and why the Jews were targeted. Some people say, 'The Jews must have done something wrong to anger the German people.' Noooooo. They became the scapegoats for the economic and social problems in the country; they had the wealth (or the means to get it) and the German people were lacking it. Very simple.. I want to study more and learn more...

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Benjamin Risha,
February 4, 2002 12:00 AM

The source of the German bankrupt economy was not the Jews, but rather their indebtedness through the Versailles Treaty.

It was refreshing to read this article. Now I have a concise answer to those who ask what caused Germany's economic problems. Instead of pointing out a group of people, who may have looked and acted different, as the culprets, I will now refer people to the historical facts of Versailles and the War. Thank you for your efforts.

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Laura Vaughan,
January 30, 2002 12:00 AM

Very informatic

i thought this website was very well put together and i found it usefull as i'm doing a project on the holocaust at the moment!!!!

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Katrina Korbel,
January 23, 2002 12:00 AM

a lot of awesome info but sad!*!*!

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nat armstong,
January 11, 2002 12:00 AM

i think that ur site is the most wonderful thing i've ever seen on this subject